IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THESE TWIN
TOWERS
STOOD WHOLE, BEAUTIFUL, TALL AND PROUD GRACING THE NEW YORK SKYLINE. THEN AT 8:45 EDT AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD
AROUND THE WORLD.

AT 8:45 EDT AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT
NUMBER 11 WAS FLOWN INTO THE NORTH TOWER BY TERRORIST. THIS PLANE WAS A
BOEING 767-200ER WITH A WING SPAN OF 156 FEET ONE INCH AND AN OVERALL LENGTH OF
159 FEET TWO INCHES.

AS MILLIONS OF HORRIFIED AMERICANS
WATCHED AT 9:03 UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER 175 FLIES INTO THE SOUTH
TOWER. THIS HIJACKED PLANE WAS ALSO A BOEING 767 WITH A WING SPAN OF 156 FEET
ONE INCH AND OVERALL LENGTH OF 159 FEET TWO INCHES.

THE PLANE HITS THE SECOND TOWER AND IT
ERUPTS INTO A MASSIVE EXPLOSION.

BOTH TOWERS ARE FIREBALLS
FEEDING OFF TONS OF JET FUEL

PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN THE TOWERS,
SOME OF THEM FELL TO THEIR DEATHS.

AT 9:43 EDT AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT
NUMBER 77 CRASHES INTO THE PENTAGON. THIS PLANE WAS A BOEING 757 WITH A
WING SPAN OF 124 FEET TEN INCHES AND AN OVERALL LENGTH OF 155 FEET THREE INCHES.

AT 10:10 EDT UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT
NUMBER 93 CRASHES IN SOMERSET COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS A
BOEING 757 WITH A WING SPAN OF 124 FEET TEN INCHES AND AN OVERALL LENGTH OF 155
FEET THREE INCHES.

AT 10:05 EDT THE SOUTH TOWER COLLAPSES.

PEOPLE TRYING TO GET FRESH AIR,
PICTURE WAS TAKEN JUST BEFORE THE TOWER COLLAPSED

AT 10:28 THE NORTH TOWER COLLAPSES

PEOPLE RUN FOR THEIR LIVES AS THE
TOWER COMES CRASHING DOWN

SMOKE ASH AND DEBRIS ARE EVERYWHERE

PEOPLE ARE DAZED, CONFUSED AND
COVERED WITH ASHES AS THEY FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES

SOME OF THE AFTERMATH OF THE COLLAPSE
OF THE TOWERS

TONS OF TWISTED METAL FROM WHAT IS
LEFT OF THE TOWERS

RESCUE AND CLEAN UP BEGINS

FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO
WERE LOST IN THIS TRAGEDY AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST FRIENDS, BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES, AND ACQUAINTANCES, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU. WE PRAY
THAT THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THIS ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AND THAT NEVER AGAIN IS
THERE AN ATTACK ON HUMAN LIFE LIKE THIS ONE. NOT IN AMERICA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD. YOU HAVE OUR PRAYERS AND YOU TRULY HAVE THE HEART OF AMERICA,
AND THE WORLD WITH YOU.

TO THE THOUSANDS OF FACELESS, NAMELESS HEROES WHO HAVE
RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS, WORKED TIRELESSLY TO SAVE THOSE WHO
WERE TRAPPED IN DOWNED BUILDINGS, GAVE STRANGERS HUGS AND SMILES JUST BECAUSE
THEY NEEDED IT, OPENED THEIR HEARTS AND SOULS TO THOSE WHO NEEDED JUST TO HAVE
SOMEONE TO TALK TO, DONATED MONEY, BLOOD, AND PRAYED FOR THE VICTIMS
OF THIS DISASTER, WE SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.

AND TO ALL OF THE WORLD WE GIVE THE
FOLLOWING MESSAGE:

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, KINDNESS
AND SUPPORT OF AMERICA DURING THIS TRAGEDY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL